-1Chapter 5: Shattering through the dreams
Saturday had finally arrived and Kagome woke up early in a good mood. She had received a good night's sleep and she was able to work out a lot of frustrations on the Skyline last night. Ripping out the old suspension did her some good, although poor Miroku found himself ducking under flying car parts. Sango had even help Kagome install some of the new performance parts and they chatted most of the night about the good old days when they use to race for fun.
They reflected back on happier times with Kohaku and Hojo. Some of the cars they use to work on and the races they would drive in. They laughed about how it was harder for girls to be drivers now a days and just berated men in their inability to except being beaten by a girl.
They way they talked last night about the old days had Kagome reflecting on happier times, letting those memories feed her good mood. They even talked about Inuyasha and what kind of boyfriend he'd make if they could really get past that 'friend' stage they were currently in.
Kagome spent her morning humming to herself as she made herself breakfast and after cleaning up her kitchen, she set to straightening up her apartment. Kagome never let her apartment get too cluttered but she would often let it go for a week or two before she straightened up. Kagome was walking around with the distinct impression she had forgotten something. She scratched her head and knew that she was forgetting something, her day just felt out of place. That's when she heard the scratching at the front door. Kagome groaned with guilt as she realized her cat, Buyo, was outside and desperate to get in and get fed. Not that it would kill her to skip a few meals, but she recalled the last time she fed Buyo was the day she met Inuyasha. So two days ago.
Kagome opened the door and the cat flew through the door, but stopped a few feet within the apartment and looked angrily up at Kagome and let out a disapproving yowl. "Oh Buyo, I'm sorry. Come on, let's get you an extra big bowl of chow." Kagome opened the pantry and took out the dry food and scooped out two cups instead of the regular one cup of cat food into the purple bowl that brandished Buyo's name in pink on the side. "Here you go. I'm sorry girl." Kagome said apologetically.
It was about noon when Inuyasha finished filling last minute paper work and all he could think about was getting on the phone and asking Kagome out. Inuyasha smiled at how fate had some how brought him to her and the case of a life time. He was connected more ways than Kagome knew to Naraku. He was still trying to figure out how tangled a web this man had created. There was so much at stake and for Kagome's safety, he couldn't reveal to her or her friends that he was a cop. He was an investigator and sergeant, but to people like Naraku he was the same as the guy on the street behind a sheid. A cop, and to Naraku a cop was as disposable as they come, he had proved that in the past.
Inuyasha sighed, pushing the past out of his mind. He had more important issues on his plate. Like where to take Kagome next. It had been a while since he was in the 'dating' scene again and felt kind of stupid when he realized he forgot how to do it. He knew she liked to have fun, but this time he really wanted to take her some where that had legal fun and unfortunately that pretty much ruled out her kind of racing. He figured tonight he'd offer to take her out to a club and as part of gaining the approval of her friends, he decided he's invite Sango and her husband, Miroku along. It was obvious that Sango had a big influence on Kagome and Inuyasha knew he had to get close to her to get close to Kagome and hopefully Naraku.
Flipping his phone out and finding Kagome's number, Inuyasha dialed and cleared his voice. He felt all flushed asking her out again. Not only had it been years since he was on a real date, it had also been years since he last went on a repeat date. Inuyasha nervously chewed his lip as he heard the ringing tone from his phone.
Kagome smiled happily when she saw Inuyasha's name come up on her ringing phone and decided to wait a few rings so she made it look like she could have cared less that it was him calling. She picked up her phone after the fourth ring and greeted with a sweet "hello?".
"Kagome, it's nice to hear your voice again. Hey, I was wondering if you'd like to join me at the club tonight. I know of a nice one downtown." Inuyasha asked.
"I'd like that. What time would you like to pick me up?" Kagome asked.
"Well six would be great, I'll take you out to dinner. Hey, also if you want, see if you're friends want to come along too. My treat." Inuyasha offered.
"You really wouldn't mind me having Sango and Miroku along?" Kagome asked.
"Well I figured if I'm going to be hanging around you, they'll probably be in the picture too. I wanted to invite them along, so that we're on neutral ground and I can get to know you all better." Inuyasha said, knowing that he was too smooth.
"Yeah, sure! Six will be great and I'll definitely invite Sango and Miroku along. I'm sure they're going to want to come, so go ahead and expect them. I'll call you if they can't make it, ok?" Kagome asked excitedly.
Inuyasha smiled. "Yeah, that'll be great. See you at six then." And with that, Inuyasha hung up the phone and headed back to his condo to fix himself up.
Five rolled around and Miroku sat bored out of his mind on Kagome's couch while his wife and friend fussed over each other's appearances back in Kagome's room. He didn't know what all the fuss was, they were just going to dinner and a club. Why was it always a big production number to get ready to go to a sweaty overpopulated building with raging loud speakers, over priced drinks and hormone driven kids that would hit on anything with a pulse.
"Are you guys done yet? It's after five-thirty! Inuyasha will be here soon and I'm bored." Miroku whined from his spot on the couch.
"Fine! We've been done for some time, just been having girly talk. But if you're going to whine like a baby, we'll come out" Sango called from Kagome's room.
Kagome emerged from the room wearing her favorite low riding, hip hugging black jean Capri style pants and a light pink tank top that formed nicely to her torso and showed off her mid section. Sango had pinned up some of Kagome's hair on either side of her head, but for the most part it hung down her back. Kagome looked stunning, like she was ready for a night on the town.
Sango was just as beautiful. She wore her favorite black jeans with her favorite black boots. She had a dark blue top on that hung loosely off her neck. Her hair was combed back into a neat ponytail with flower clips on either side of the ponytail keeping loose strands of hair in line.
"You ladies are a vision of lovely. I'm almost thinking that I should leave Inuyasha behind so I can have two pieces of arm candy instead of sharing you with another, Kagome." Miroku said sweetly as he looked Kagome up and down. Kagome blushed under Miroku's gaze and looked to her friend for back up.
"Miroku, you just get that dirty thought out of your head. You're such a perv at times." Sango scolded. She wasn't too serious, she knew Miroku was trying to get Kagome to smile and it seemed to work.
Kagome looked at the time and saw that six o' clock was nearing and started feeing nervous. She knew she had nothing to be nervous about, but she still wondered if Sango and Miroku would like Inuyasha after hanging with him for a while. She was sure Sango already liked the guy, but she did worry a bit about Miroku. She saw qualities in Inuyasha that would clash with Miroku.
But Kagome wasn't able to really contemplate the matter because she heard Inuyasha driving up the drive way. She grabbed up her purse and did some last minute panicking about her hair. "How's my hair look? Should I brush it?" She suddenly asked.
Sango elbowed her gently and laughed. "You're hair's fine. Let's just go and have a good time. You even remember what one of those were?" Sango teased.
"We'll see who needs the reminding." Kagome laughed back.
Inuyasha didn't even get the chance to put his infamous 70 super bird in park before he saw the door open to Kagome's apartment and Sango pushing Kagome out the door with a slightly amused Miroku following them. Inuyasha got out of his car and flipped the seat forward and moved to the passenger side to do the same. He greeted Kagome with a smile and almost laughed at how nervous Kagome looked, but she returned his smile. Sango immediately climbed into the back and slid over to sit behind Inuyasha. 'Well, there was no need to flip my seat forward then' Inuyasha thought as he painfully watched Sango slide across the black leather back seat. Miroku got in next to Sango and Inuyasha flipped the seat back and held the door open for Kagome.
"You look lovely once again, Kagome." He commented sweetly.
"Thank you." Kagome replied and found her self looking him up and down. His hair was tied back with his long silver bangs brushed to either side of his face. He wore a loose red button up shirt with short sleeves and black slacks with black leather shoes. "You look quite hansom yourself." And with that, Kagome climbed into the passenger seat and Inuyasha closed the door firmly behind her.
"He looks hot, Kagome." Sango whispered as she leaned over toward Kagome.
"Shhhh, I can see that. Don't embarrass me you two!" Kagome warned in hushed tones.
Inuyasha carefully put his seat back, warning Sango to watch her feet and after he slid in he quickly inspected the other occupants of the vehicle. "So you guys ready for a good time? Where do you want to eat?" He asked.
"We never did get our Mc. Donalds the other night." Kagome giggled.
"Yeah, and it's not often we get that stuff." Sango chimed in.
"Well, it's not 'classy' but I'm not going to complain. You have got to be the first girls I know who won't jump at a fancy restaurant when being paid for. Ha, no offense of course." Inuyasha laughed.
"So what you're saying is that you're cheap?" Sango asked in amused accusation.
"Not in the least. I'm just saying that it's refreshing to see some real ladies not taking advantage of someone's generosity." Inuyasha smoothly replied. Even Sango had to admit that he was pretty smooth.
Inuyasha drove to the Mc Donnalds down town and treated the group to meals and ice cream. They sat in the restaurant to eat their food while Miroku and Sango told stories of what they were like back in college, how Sango had known Kagome her whole life. There were several occasions where Sango had made Kagome blush especially when she told Inuyasha about when Kagome and Kohaku were little, they vowed to never let the other one date because they swore dating was 'gross' after they walked in on Sango and Miroku kissing.
"Well guys, it's almost eight. Ready to head over to the club?" Inuyasha asked as he piled all the trash onto the tray.
"Sure, let's go." Kagome said and got up. She held her tray in her hand, but when Inuyasha stood, he quickly snatched her tray away and before she could protest dumped the contents in the trash and placed both trays on the trash can. "Well thank you. I'm sure you saved me a lot of trouble." Kagome teased.
Inuyasha looked at her oddly, but smiled. She was a real fire cracker. Inuyasha felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Miroku smiling broadly at him. "Don't worry, she get's like this when she feels her independence has been threatened in any way." Inuyasha chuckled a bit.
The club Inuyasha was talking about was down the street a ways. It was a pretty classy place, Kagome could see that people were dressed pretty decent as they stood in line for access. Kagome looked around the exterior with awe. She hadn't been to a club since she first turned twenty one, but this place was nicer than any one she had been to before. It was called The Pink Cadillac and it was elegantly written in pink florescent tubing. The windows where tinted, but from what Kagome could tell was the place was really bouncing. She could feel the vibration of the music against the walls and under her feet as they neared the door.
Once they got up to the door, they were asked for their id's. Sango and Kagome smiled kindly at the bouncers that checked their licenses. The bouncers smiled at the girls and then looked their dates over with obvious jealousy. Inuyasha just gave the bouncer checking Kagome out a rough look. He didn't like it when people looked at him like that. He had been told a few times to go find himself a nice American girl and keep his filthy hands off the 'superior' Japanese women. He figured that's what this man was thinking.
Inside the sounds of loudly played music and already drunk patrons washed over the group. Kagome saw people dancing and on the far end of the hall was a separate bar with pool tables. Kagome loved dancing, but she loved pool just as much. More than that, she loved beating boys at pool. Her and Sango made a pretty mean team.
"Inuyasha, can we go to the pool tables?" Kagome asked loudly, trying to be heard over the music.
"That's sounds like a great idea! Miroku, you've got to play. You and Inuyasha against Kagome and myself." Sango agreed.
"Sounds like fun. What do you say, Miroku? Should we show the ladies what it means to mess with the 'men'?" Inuyasha asked mockingly.
"Yeah, ok. If you don't mind eating your words, Inuyasha." Miroku said. "The girls always win."
"Oh, Miroku. I don't know what you're talking about." Sango said seductively as she and Kagome led the boys to the bar.
Sango and Kagome picked out a table and when to get their pool sticks. Inuyasha handed Miroku a couple of ones and told him to get quarters while he ran off to the bar. Inuyasha returned with a waitress and asked the group if they wanted drinks.
"I'll have a long island." Kagome said.
"I love my apple-tini's" Sango squealed as she racked the balls.
"Scotch, on the rocks." Miroku ordered.
"Let me get a rum and coke." Inuyasha finished. The waitress smiled and ran off to have the bartender fill the orders.
"Inuyasha, you sure you want to drink?" Kagome asked, concerned.
"Yeah, if I get drunk I'll just get us a cab and come get my car tomorrow. The owner here knows me and will make sure my car is taken care of. It won't be the first time I've had to leave my car here over night." Inuyasha laughed.
A few drinks and a few rounds of humiliating pool later, Inuyasha threw his hands up. "I'm done. I've had enough to drink that I've got a buzz going on and I'm done loosing to you girls." Inuyasha said with a laugh.
"I told you that you'd be eating your words, man." Miroku stated.
"Hey Miroku, I want to dance!" Sango announced. She grabbed Miroku by the arm and took him over to the dance floor.
Kagome watched her friends with amusement while Inuyasha paid the tab. He came back and handed Kagome an ice water. "Here, I don't want you getting dehydrated." Inuyasha said as he sipped on his own cup of ice water. Kagome smiled and took the offering. She realized she had a good buzz going herself as she drank the refreshing liquid. "Looks like they're having fun." Inuyasha commented as he pointed at Sango and Miroku who were dancing together.
"Yeah, we use to do this all the time when we were a little younger. Before we had to really grow up. It's nice to see them have some real fun together. This was nice, thank you." Kagome said.
"Not a problem. Honestly it's been a while since I've done this myself." Inuyasha said as he watched Kagome. Just then the current upbeat song had died out and the intro to a slower song started up. Inuyasha smiled and took this as his cue to ask "Kagome, would you like to dance?".
"I'd love to." Kagome said and smiled when Inuyasha held his elbow out to her. She took the offering and looped her arm through his offered elbow. He took her to the dance floor where they danced. Kagome smiled warmly as they moved in time together with the music. "You're a wonderful dancer, Inuyasha." She commented.
"As are you. I'll admit, I'm having a lot of fun." Inuyasha replied warmly.
Kagome spotted Sango and Miroku dancing together and they were watching her with smiles on their faces. Sango gave Kagome a big thumbs up which made Kagome blush and as a reaction, hid her blushing face in Inuyasha's chest. But when the smell of his cologne hit her senses, something about the smell made her relax. She closed her eyes and just leaned her head against his shoulder and let the sound of the music take her. She danced with Inuyasha, lost in her own world. A world without pain or death and better yet, a world without Naraku.
When the song had ended, Kagome sighed sadly. She leaned back and smiled up at Inuyasha as he grinned down at her. "Thank you for the dance." He said softly.
"No, thank you." Kagome said, her voice low and soft. "If it's ok with you, I need to get myself a drink." Kagome asked.
"Sure, get what ever you want." Inuyasha said as he handed her a twenty. "If you want something alcoholic, go for it."
"You're not trying to get me drunk, now are you?" Kagome asked.
"Not at all. Just letting you know, I don't mind." Inuyasha smiled a deviate smile.
"I bet you don't." Kagome laughed and went back over to the bar and sat down on a stool.
Inuyasha turned and saw Sango coming right at him. She stopped a few feet away and laughed. "I think you two look so cute dancing together. Makes me wish I had a camera." Sango laughed again and dragged Inuyasha over to where Miroku was standing near the D.J.
"Inuyasha! I have got to thank you again for taking us here. Kagome looks like she's having fun and we're having a blast." Miroku said loudly. Miroku then leaned over and whispered in Inuyasha's ear, "and the eye candy is enough to satisfy my sweet tooth for at least a year!".
"Wow, Kagome was right. You are a perv." Inuyasha bluntly stated.
Kagome sat at the bar and watched her friends interact with Inuyasha. She was happy to see them getting along so well and when the music picked up again, Sango had dragged Inuyasha off to dance with her and Miroku. She laughed at how much fun they were having, just like back in college.
"What can I get you miss?" Asked the bartender.
"Oh, just a fuzzy navel." Kagome replied.
"Let me get her tab." Said a young man who was sitting a few stools away from Kagome. He wore a plain white t-shirt and blue jeans. His black hair was short and spiked. Kagome thought to herself that this kid looked like a thug wannabe.
"Thanks, but I can get it." Kagome said with a quick smile that said 'I don't need your help'.
"Oh but I insist." He continued. "It's not every day that a beauty such as yourself graces me often" He shifted down to the stool that was right next to Kagome.
"Well thank you for the compliment." Kagome replied, leaning back in disgust at the heavy smell of liquor wafting from the young man's breath.
"I'll tell you how you can thank me. Let me buy your drink." He said as he leaned in. He placed a hand on Kagome's knee and slid it up her thigh making her gasp in shock and anger.
"Excuse me?" She cried as she leaned back. "No, get your hand off me." She smacked his hand off her and he grinned at this.
"Feisty, aren't you?" He snarled as he leaned in again and with one hand grabbed her thigh and the other went around her waist and pulled her to him.
"I said 'no'!" She yelled again.
"Hmmm, don't know the meaning of the word." The young man drunkenly said against her neck as she desperately tried to push him away It seemed that the more she resisted, the more he persisted.
"Get off NOW!" She screamed into his ear and pushed harder.
It was then she saw the boy violently yanked away. Inuyasha had dragged the boy right over from behind and the stool fell loudly as the boy rolled backwards onto his butt. Inuyasha placed himself in front of Kagome and glared dangerously at the young man before him. "When a lady says 'no' she means it!" He yelled angrily at the kid.
The boy looked up at Inuyasha with a look of distaste. He quickly stood up and squared off with Inuyasha. "Are you with this trash? Gee, I thought a classy girl like you could do better than an American." He spat venomously as he stared at Inuyasha.
"Don't you touch her again. I'm warning you." Inuyasha said in a low and dangerous tone.
"What ever." The kid shoved his chest into Inuyasha then turned like Inuyasha wasn't worth his time. The second Inuyasha let his guard down, the kid turned and jumped on Inuyasha's back and started punching him wildly.
In one swift movement, Inuyasha had the kid by the back of the neck and had flipped him over and caught him with one of his arms behind his back and was pinned in a chicken wing. He pulled on the kid's wrist and he cried out in pain. "If I ever see you touching Kagome or another woman with unwanted advances like that again, I will rip your arms from your shoulders, now is that clear?" Inuyasha growled into the kid's ears.
"Yeah, ok!" He cried out painfully.
"Now I believe you have something to say to the young lady." Inuyasha turned him to face Kagome and kicked him in the back of the knees, forcing him to fall on them as Inuyasha still had his arm behind him.
"I'm sorry." He said through the pain.
"I didn't hear you! That's not how a real man apologizes. Now say it like you mean it." Inuyasha growled out louder.
"I'm sorry for forcing myself on you! Please, forgive me!" He cried in pain.
"Ok, you're forgiven. Inuyasha, let him up." Kagome pleaded. Inuyasha let the kid go who fell to the floor in pain. Kagome stared unbelieving at Inuyasha. It wasn't that he was acting possessive, although he kinda was, it was the ferocity he had just displayed. She saw how quickly he could become violent, but she also saw the amount of aggravation it took to take him that far and for that, Kagome was thankful.
The group stayed there for another hour and a half. They danced and laughed the whole night. At times they would sit and Sango would bring up past events from when they were younger and went clubbing back then.
It turned out to be a good night after all. After all the worrying that Kagome did about her friends getting along with Inuyasha was for nothing. They seemed to really hit it off with him. Kagome found herself admitting that she was having fun with a guy. She always had fun when she was out with Sango or hanging with the crews on the race track, but it wasn't 'this' kind of fun.
Just as things were winding down and the group were considering leaving, a young man came running over to Inuyasha and whispered in his ear something that made Kagome bristle with anger. He looked at the man with angered eyes and yelled "WELL? Who's stopping this?" and he got up and booked it out the door.
Kagome, Sango and Miroku followed Inuyasha outside where they saw a man wrestling with the bouncers by Inuyasha's car. What was odd was this man was a bit taller than Inuyasha, but had the same silvery-blonde hair color. He was dressed in a blue outfit, kind of like surgeon scrubs, and wore white sneakers. He seemed pretty strong, he was holding his own pretty well against three big guys. But he stopped fighting them when Inuyasha's voice snapped over the sound of the scuffle.
"That's enough! Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha looked angrily at the man who stood only a mere foot from his car.
"Little brother, it's been a while." The man, Sesshomaru, said with a cocky grin.
'So that's Inuyasha's brother! But what is he doing here?' Kagome's mind pondered. Then she remember something Inuyasha said about the super bird. He had said at one point that his brother had always been trying to get it away from him, that the two matching cars where all his father left behind for the boys.
"You haven't shown her. You drive her hard and you barely keep her clean. I can get this beauty on the show circuit with my car and imagine how much money they'd make. I don't see why you won't let me take her off your hands." Sesshomaru scoffed. He folded his arms and glanced back at the gleaming '70 super bird, studying his reflection in the metallic paint.
"It's none of your business what I do with MY car that our father gave ME. I want to drive it and not show it. The saddest thing in the world is a car that never sees the road." Inuyasha said firmly. He crossed his arms, mimicking his brother's posture.
They stood there and faced each other. They regarded each other with distained looks, each one harvesting their own hatred for the other and it rolled off them in waves. Kagome couldn't help but wonder what could have happened to make them hate each other so much.
Sesshomaru turned on one heal and faced away from Inuyasha. He scoffed over his shoulder and said coldly, "you're not even worth my time, Inuyasha. My hands are worth more than screwing up your face. But we'll see who get's the car in the end. It was father's dying wish to see these cars showing together." Sesshomaru then walked away. As he walked past Kagome, he stopped and looked at her carefully. "Pity. You're such a pretty young thing too." Sesshomaru left without another word leaving Kagome slightly confused.
"What did he mean by that?" Kagome wondered out loud.
She shrugged it off and watched Inuyasha unlock the car. Her friends climbed in back and Kagome sat down in the passenger seat. The first stretch of the trip back to Kagome's was silent, all the occupants were deep in thought due to the night's events.
"So that was your brother? He seemed…pleasant." Kagome said aloud, breaking the silence.
"Keh, he's always a jerk. He hated the fact that after his mother died, his dad was stationed out here for a time with the military. He was uprooted from his home in America and brought out here. This is where he met my mom. My mother said that he loved the culture and school system out here so much he wanted Sesshomaru to be raised out here as well. He blamed me as well. I don't remember much about when my dad built the cars, he died when I was really little. But Sesshomaru was already eighteen when our father passed and after the reading of the will, my car was put into storage and kept there until my eighteen birthday." Inuyasha sighed as he turned the last corner and found himself parked in front of Kagome's apartment.
They all got out of the car, Sango and Miroku going inside. Both claiming to have to use the bathroom because they weren't given a chance to use it before they left the bar.
Inuyasha stood with Kagome next to his car and watched the two friends enter Kagome's home and close the door behind them. "Kagome, I really had fun tonight. I hope nothing that happened put you off." Inuyasha said hopefully.
"No, not at all. I had a lot of fun too. Kind of helped me forget that I have to face the real world tomorrow. Thank you for taking us out and showing us a good time. And thanks for getting that creep off me, although you might have gotten a little too violent on him I think that he's learned a lesson he'll never forget." Kagome giggled.
"I sure hope so." Inuyasha growled slightly. His eyes then softened when he reflected on what Kagome had just said about 'facing the real world'. "So Hojo's funeral is tomorrow?"
"Yeah. It will be early, so I've got to get to bed. Call me some time this week?" She looked up at him with promising eyes.
"It would be my pleasure. Huh, it just so happens I have a funeral to go to as well. Some one's brother died and I thought I would pay my respects to his dear mother." Inuyasha sighed. He wasn't going to tell Kagome who he really was, just incase that would put her in danger or him in danger.
"I'm sorry to hear that. It's sad, to see a parent burry a child." Kagome commented. "But enough of that, I should be going in. Thank you for the dinner and thank you for the dance." Kagome turned to walk away after giving Inuyasha a hug when he hand caught her by her upper arm and turned her back towards him. She was caught off guard when she found herself within inches of his face. He smiled deeply at her. She blushed in reaction to their sudden closeness. He then kissed her on the forehead and pulled away. She looked at him rather confused as to why he didn't go for her lips.
"You're sweet, Kagome. I can't wait until I can take you out again." Inuyasha got in his car and watched as she walked to her home and entered. When the door was locked behind her, he drove away.
"You seem to have so much fun with him, but you seem so guarded you know." Miroku commented after Kagome closed the door behind herself.
"I know, I just don't know if I can trust him with my heart yet. He seems like such a sweet guy, I'm just not ready to really make a big step in my life. I still have so much on my plate with Naraku that I don't think it's fair to get Inuyasha involved in all of this." Kagome said sadly.
"Well, right now I think it's a good idea we get some sleep. Kagome and I need to get up early for Hojo's funeral tomorrow and Kagome's going to need her rest." Sango said softly. She had already grabbed some blankets that Kagome kept for when they stayed and folded out the old hide-a-bed couch.
"Thank you Sango. I'll program my alarm clock tonight and wake you in the morning. Goodnight guys." With that, Kagome retired to her bed. She couldn't help but wonder what the morning would bring. She was depressed and guilt ridden at the thought of the upcoming funeral of a close friend who's life was tragically taken.
She fell asleep with more images of the tragic accident and all the 'what if's'. But that night in her dreams she talked Hojo out of the race and that he was alive now to smile that cocky grin of his and to laugh and joke with them. Kagome only had her perfect world in her dreams and that's where she either found her escape or where she found herself more imprisoned than she already was.
It was in those dreams where Kagome knew Inuyasha would save her from Naraku and take her away from all the pain and suffering of her world. But sadly, when she woke she would have to come to terms that they were only dreams and her real nightmare awaited her after she woke.
End of Chappy
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